North Dakota
19th Century art depicting Native Americans goes on display in North Dakota
Art from the 19th Century depicting Native American life was put on display in North Dakota on Wednesday.
The State Historical Society of North Dakota bought 26 aquatints made by Swiss-born artist Karl Bodmer during his journey from 1832 to 1834 across the U.S., as far west as present-day Montana, and presented four of them on Wednesday.
The prints, stored at a San Francisco arthouse for some time, were reproduced from 1839 to 1843 from Bodmer’s works during his journey with Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied.
State Historical Society spokeswoman Kara Haff said that the group is reviewing the iamges and will make a plan to exhibit them. The aquatints are presumed to be from an original Bodmer collection.
AP Photo/Jack Dura
What Do the Images Depict?
Haff said the aquatints show different scenes and people from America in the 19th century, including Fort Union, a Mandan village, an Arikara warrior, Mandan chief Mato Tope or Four Bears, the funeral scaffold of a Sioux chief, Mandan dog sledges, bison hunting, a scalp dance and travelers along the Missouri River.
Dakota Goodhouse, a Native American historian and enrolled member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, said that while Bodmer’s images are beautiful and an important part of the history of the American West, some of his pieces are posed and set up, which can spread misinformation about the daily life of Native American peoples.
“When Four Bears got all dressed up for Bodmer’s portrait, it’s not like he went about his everyday life completely dressed up,” Goodhouse said.
AP Photo/Jack Dura
What Are Aquatints?
Aquatints were common in Bodmer’s era and often used to illustrate books, said David Borlaug, an owner of Masters Gallery in Bismarck, which facilitated the acquisition.
Haff said that Bodmer’s images were created for a book by Maximilian, titled, Travels in the Interior of North America.
Borlaug explained the creation process of aquatints: “An original painting would then be converted to metal, copper or steel, by an engraver, which is an art form all of its own, in reverse, and then they would pull a print, if you will, off that plate, usually with just one or two colors. Then the next set of artisans would come in, watercolor artists who would hand-tint, add all the colors to each image, one by one by one.”
While Bodmer’s images are printed in textbooks, it is rare to own prints made during the initial publishing, Haff said.
Images ‘Preserves’ Native American Life
Several years after Bodmer’s journey, the tribes along the Upper Missouri River he portrayed in his images were nearly destroyed by a smallpox epidemic in 1837.
Amy Mossett—a member of the State Historical Board and education administrator for the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation’s Tribal Education—said that entire families died and there was no time for people to save or pass along material possessions.
“So much was lost, and so when I look at these images, it just kind of preserves … the images of our culture when it was still very active and still very much alive,” Mossett, a Mandan/Hidatsa member of the MHA Nation, said.
This article includes reporting from The Associated Press.
North Dakota
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BRECKENRIDGE — Coaches, teammates, friends and family gathered in the south parking lot of Breckenridge High School for another state tournament sendoff.
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This year, it was Troy Berndt taking the ceremonial convertible ride. He is headed to St. Michael-Albertville High School for the Minnesota Class A State Track and Field Meet on June 4-6.
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He will be running in the third heat of the 400-meter prelims, scheduled for 4:52 p.m. June 4. There are seven athletes in each heat, 21 total, and nine will advance to the finals at 6:20 p.m. June 5.
The top two finishers in each heat advance, along with the next three best times. Berndt’s personal best time of 50.67 has him seeded 13th, but the 10th-, 11th- and 12th-seeded runners are less than five hundredths of a second ahead of him. The eighth- and ninth-seeded runners are also close, at 50.33 and 50.39, respectively.
Berndt dropped nearly seven-tenths of a second from his previous personal best at the Section 6A West Subsection Meet on May 21, running 51.35, and shaved another 0.68 seconds off at the Section 6A Championships on May 28 with a time of 50.67. If he keeps lowering his time, he will have a shot at reaching the podium against the best runners in Class A.
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Results and photos will be available online immediately following the race June 4 and in the June 10 print edition of the Wahpeton Daily News.
Corbin Lee is a sports reporter for the Wahpeton Daily News and Richland County News-Monitor. Corbin can be reached by calling (701) 291-3551 or emailing corbin.lee@wahpetondailynews.com.
On this day in 1971, Rugby repeated as North Dakota’s high school sand greens golf champion behind medalist Dwight Stempson’s winning performance.
Here is the complete story as it appeared in the paper that day:
Rugby Repeats As Sand Greens Golf Champion
RUGBY, N. D. — Rugby repeated as North Dakota high school sand greens golf champion here Wednesday, posting a four-man total of 293 strokes for 18 holes.
Led by medalist Dwight Stempson’s medalist 36-35 — 71, the Panthers were eight strokes ahead of runnerup Stanley, which had a 301. Following were Garrison 311, Beulah 315, Leeds 322, Ashley 323, Bottineau 328, Pembina 329, Tioga 332, Parshall 341 and Hettinger 342.
Stempson and teammate Bruce Carlson each had one-under par 71s, but Carlson was unable to be at the regional and wasn’t qualified for individual honors.
Rounding out the Rugby totals were Delwin Wilson 40-37 — 77 and Dennett Hutchinson 35-39 — 74. Gary Kirchoffner, 41-39 — 80, was Rugby’s fifth entrant with the best four-of-five scores counted.
Runnerup Stanley was led by Steve Springan’s 34-38 — 72 and Joe Springan’s 36-38 — 74. Their two-man total of 146 strokes was good enough for the doubles title. Two strokes back with a 148 was the duo of Stempson and Wilson. Stan Saathoff and Mike Stepina of Garrison each had 76s for a 152 total and the Ashley combo of Steve Maier (76) and Dave Kretschmar (78) was fourth with a 154.
Stempson was the driving contest winner with a distance of 280 yards. Chris Knutson of Garrison headed the pitch and putt competition.
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